Twenty-nine parties applied to register party-list candidates and drew lots to decide positions on the ballot paper for the July 3 election at the Thai-Japanese stadium on Thursday. Pheu Thai, Chartthaipattana, Democrat, Social Action, Chart Pattana Puea Pandin and Bhumjaithai parties registered a full list of 125 candidates each. Registration is open until May 23. Photos by Post Photographers.

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19 MAY 2011

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Twenty-nine parties applied to register party-list candidates and drew lots to decide positions on the ballot paper for the July 3 election at the Thai-Japanese stadium on Thursday. Pheu Thai, Chartthaipattana, Democrat, Social Action, Chart Pattana Puea Pandin and Bhumjaithai parties registered a full list of 125 candidates each. Registration is open until May 23. Photos by Post Photographers.

 
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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was sanguine after his Democrat Party was allocated No.10 on the ballot paper. "I was already hoping to get a number less than this [10]," Mr Abhisit said.
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Yingluck Shinawatra and Pheu Thai candidates raise a single finger in the air after her party was allocated first position on the ballot paper. "No.1 is an easy number to remember and it is also a lucky number," said the youngest sister of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Rak Prathetthai Party supporters crowd the entrance to the Thai-Japan Youth Stadium. Chuwit Kamolvisit's party was allocated No.5.
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An official attaches No.12 in Thai numbers to a Rak Santi campaign poster immediately after the draw.
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Former tennis player Paradorn Srichaphan has been barred from standing for Chart Pattana Puea Pandin (CPPP) on a technicality because he failed to vote in a previous election. However, CPPP leader and Energy Minister Wannarat Charnnukul believes No.2 is a winning number. "No.2 will bring victory to the party and I want all the election candidates to visit the people and campaign attentively," Mr Wannarat said.
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Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin poses for photographs after his Mathabhum Party were handed No.26. Mathabum's strategy is to target Islamic voters and those who have not yet decided to back a particular political party.
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Chuwit Kamolvisit shares a joke with supporters following the draw.